Prescription Addiction, Diversion, and Abuse
Rx Painkiller Supplies, Dosages Soaring
February 4, 2007
Supplies of prescription painkillers have increased exponentially since the late 1990s, when regulations governing their use were relaxed. Story
Narcotics Alerts To Go To doctors: Va. Program Checking Prescriptions Breaks Ground, Expert Says
January 18, 2007
A state program that monitors narcotics prescriptions will start sending notices to doctors when it appears a patient of theirs may be "doctor shopping" to get additional narcotics. Story
Chronic-Pain Case Appealed to Florida Supreme Court
January 17, 2007
An attorney for chronic pain patient Richard Paey is asking the Florida Supreme Court to review the state's drug trafficking law, the one under which Paey was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2004. Story
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